This document discusses the role and responsibilities of a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). It explains that CNAs work under the supervision of nurses and have direct contact with patients daily, assisting with tasks like bathing, feeding, toileting, and taking vital signs. The document also outlines the training requirements to become a CNA in Connecticut, which involves a two-week boot camp and a classroom program covering skills, lectures, and clinical training. It lists qualities important for CNAs such as ethics, safety awareness, medical terminology, and professionalism. The average salary range for a CNA in CT is provided as $24,000 to $31,000 annually. In closing, the document explains the author's

1. CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT
C.N.A
By: Rena Brown
06/16/16

2. What is A Certified Nurses
Assistant (C.N.A)
A Certified Nurses Assistant (C.N.A)
play a key role in in the healthcare field.
• Certified Nurses Assistant
(C.N.A’s) work directly under the
supervision of a Nurse.
• Certified Nurses Assistant
(C.N.A’s) are the considered the
frontline in our healthcare system
and have direct contact with the
patient on a daily basis.

3. Certified Nurse’s Assistants (C.N.A’s)
have direct contact with patients on a
daily basis.
They assist with activities such
as:
• Dressing the patients
• Bathing and skin care
• Feeding
• Mouth and hair care
• Making beds
• Toileting assistance and catheter care
• Bowel and bladder care
• Taking vital signs (blood pressure, pulse,
etc.)
• Helping patients walk
• Assisting with range-of-motion exercises
• Helping wheelchair-bound patients using
safe patient handling devices
• Turning and positioning bedridden patients
regularly
• Reporting all changes to the nurse
• Safety awareness
• Observing, reporting and documentation
• Post-mortem care

4. Required Training for Certified
Nurse’s Assistant in (C.N.A.’s) CT
The Training at Gateway will
consist of:
2 weeks of boot camp, Monday, June 06
– Thursday, June 16, 2016.
With the actual class CRN 2217
beginning on Monday, June 20 – Friday,
August 26, 2016.
Time: 3:30PM – 8:00PM
The program consist of lecturing, skills
development (reading and
comprehension, math) and clinical
training. The program is approved by
the State of CT. Concluding with our
the completion of the state exam.

5. What Are the Qualities and Skills A
Good Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) Should possess?
A Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A’s) must possess these
qualities and skills, i.e.:
• Ethics & Legal
Responsibilities A system of
principals of (fundamental
truths), develop by society to
determine right from wrong, i.e.!
• Preserve Life
• Do Good
• Respect Autonomy
• Uphold Justice
• Be Honest
• Be Discreet
• Keep Promises
• Do No Harm

6. What Are the Qualities and Skills a
Good Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) Should possess? – Cont’d
A Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) must possess these
qualities and skills, i.e.:
• Environmental Safety
Identifying and correcting potential
hazards that can cause accidents and
injuries. Guidelines of Safety are
rules regulations that have been set
up and mandated by the ---
Occupational and Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA).

7. What Are the Qualities and Skills a
Good Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) Should possess? – Cont’d
A Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) must possess these
qualities and skills, i.e.:
• Medical Terminology
Understanding and correctly using
medical terminology is essential
to your career in healthcare.
It is during conversation with other
health professionals, in medical
charting and documentation,
professional journals and texts. It
adds the necessary preciseness to
professional communication.

8. What Are the Qualities and Skills a Good
Certified Nurse’s Assistant (C.N.A)
Should possess? – Cont’d
A Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A) must possess these
qualities and skills, i.e.:
• Professionalism
Professionalism is so important but
is difficult to define because it
consist of many characteristics and
behaviors. The main quality of
professionalism would be is to
dedicate oneself by doing your very
best on the job and providing and
maintaining high-quality of service,
i.e. “Caring competence” is one way
to express the meaning of
professionalism in health care.

9. Salaries for Certified Nurse’s Assistant
in(C.N.A.’s) CT
CNA salary in Connecticut
• Even though Connecticut is a
small state, we rank as high
when it comes to CNA salaries.
CNAs who live and work in
Connecticut are some of the
highest paid in the country. The
average salary range for a CNA
who works in Connecticut is
from around $24,000 to around
$31,000 a year.

10. Why did I Choose Certified Nurse’s Assistant
(C.N.A.) as a Career?
Being a Certified Nurse’s Assistant is a Professional as well a Personal decision for me.
• All my life giving back has been important to me and I instilled this in my children.
• I Love working with people, mainly those that are not able to do for themselves.
• I respect people of all cultural backgrounds, no matter who they are!
• I am trying to re-invent myself on a Professional level also continue in self development!
• I have had a good life! If I can make a difference in someone’s else’s life then I believe I done
my job!
“For Much is Given” Much is Required”!